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05/14/2012
Cowlitz Fish Report for May 14
Last week
Tacoma Power recovered 236 winter-run
steelhead, 229 spring Chinook adults, 13 jacks
and 56 summer-run steelhead during five days of
operation at the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery
separator.
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5/08/2012
Fisheries Technical Committee April 3 meeting summary published
The April 3,
2012 Cowlitz River Fisheries Technical
Committee meeting summary is now
available here.
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5/01/2012
Anglers enjoy big trout on lowland lakes opening day
OLYMPIA - Good
weather and big trout helped to boost catch
rates on opening day of this year’s lowland
lakes fishing season.
Based on creel checks conducted at 112 lakes around the state, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) estimates that anglers caught an average of 3.99 trout on opening day Saturday, April 28.
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Based on creel checks conducted at 112 lakes around the state, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) estimates that anglers caught an average of 3.99 trout on opening day Saturday, April 28.
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5/01/2012
Spring Chinook fishery above Bonneville Dam extended to May 6
OLYMPIA -
Anglers will have at least four more days
to fish for hatchery-reared spring chinook
salmon on a section of the Columbia River
stretching 163 miles upstream from
Bonneville Dam.
Citing the late timing of this year’s run, fishery managers from Washington and Oregon today agreed to extend the fishery through May 6.
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Citing the late timing of this year’s run, fishery managers from Washington and Oregon today agreed to extend the fishery through May 6.
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05/01/2012
WDFW Weekender Report for May
Here is the
Southwest Washington fishing section of the
WDFW Weekender Report for April.
Fishing: The spring chinook fishery is currently closed below Bonneville Dam, but has been extended through May 6 upriver from the dam to the Washington/Oregon state line above McNary Dam. Meanwhile, anglers are increasingly turning to area tributaries for salmon and steelhead and to lakes and reservoirs that opened for trout April 28.
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Fishing: The spring chinook fishery is currently closed below Bonneville Dam, but has been extended through May 6 upriver from the dam to the Washington/Oregon state line above McNary Dam. Meanwhile, anglers are increasingly turning to area tributaries for salmon and steelhead and to lakes and reservoirs that opened for trout April 28.
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4/04/2012
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03/30/2012
Cowlitz fisheries plans & actions summarized in utility presentation
Tacoma Power’s
Natural Resources section staff on March 28,
2012 presented an overview about Cowlitz River
Project fisheries plans and actions to members
of the utility’s board. The presentation
covered
• Cowlitz Project Overview
• Cowlitz License Summary
• Downstream Fish Collection Background & Update
• Upstream Fish Passage & the Cowlitz Restoration & Recovery Fund
• Fisheries & Hatchery Management Plan – Monitoring & Evaluation
• Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery Visitors Center Celebration Event
Click here to see the links for viewing the slides which give a good summary of the presentation.
• Cowlitz Project Overview
• Cowlitz License Summary
• Downstream Fish Collection Background & Update
• Upstream Fish Passage & the Cowlitz Restoration & Recovery Fund
• Fisheries & Hatchery Management Plan – Monitoring & Evaluation
• Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery Visitors Center Celebration Event
Click here to see the links for viewing the slides which give a good summary of the presentation.